John Cassavetes
Directing
Born 1929-12-09
Died 1989-02-03
New York City, New York, USA
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John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century."
As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work.
Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel.
For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Columbo
Golden Globe Awards
The Virginian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Dick Cavett Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Robert Montgomery Presents
Rawhide
Dr. Kildare
Burke's Law
Studio One
Combat!
The Philco Television Playhouse
Climax!
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ed Sullivan Show
Omnibus
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Rosemary's Baby
The United States Steel Hour
The Dirty Dozen
Profiles in Courage
Johnny Staccato
The Legend of Jesse James
The Dick Clark Show
Channing
The Fury
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Appointment with Adventure
A Woman Under the Influence
The Killers
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Fourteen Hours
She's So Lovely
Gloria
Love Streams
Machine Gun McCain
Castanha
Mikey and Nicky
Capone
Gloria
Flesh & Blood
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Faces
Opening Night
Two-Minute Warning
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
A Child Is Waiting
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Heroes
Brass Target
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Too Late Blues
General Electric Theater
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